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About Colonel John Henry Lindt, II
John Henry Lindt was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, of parents of German origin, John D. and Martha Becker Lindt. Remnants of his early education in their language remained with him, as did some of the manual training, drawing, carpentry and metal craft obtained by working during school vacation at five cents per hour in his father’s factory.
One of his friends asked him to take the West Point exams with him though John had no interest in the military. He won the appointment and never regretted the life it provided.
On graduating he was commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps and was stationed at Fort Washington, Maryland. In 1914 he went to the Panama Canal Zone where as a lieutenant he had charge for a short time mounting all guns in the Canal Zone. From Panama he was shipped to France in World War I where he was an artilleryman in the Meuse-Argonne campaign in 1918.
The most interesting assignments were the schools he attended: the Coast Artillery School, the Command and Staff School and the Army War College. His knowledge of strategy and tactics remained negligible because he enjoyed technical training and he remained in the Coast Artillery. He spent a year studying motors at Georgia Tech, attended the Chemical Warfare School and taught chemistry at West Point from 1921 to 1924 under Colonel Robinson.
While stationed at Fort Scott in San Francisco he met and married Patricia Merriman, an Army brat, in 1927.
After seven years of General Staff he went to Omaha and Washington, D.C., back to troops in Hawaii and the beginning of World War II, and to executive officer in 1942 at Camp Haan—a large training camp near Riverside, California. He and his wife established a home there.
From Camp Haan they went to India, then back to San Francisco and on the board for Japanese Relocation Camps on the West Coast. He retired 31 March 1946.
As a civilian he took an active interest and voluntary part in many activities such as serving on the County Grand Jury and on Superior Court juries. He dealt in real estate and was a board member of the Salvation Army and the Riverside Museum. His hobbies were silversmithing, wood carving, stamp collecting and collection of Japanese artifacts called netsukes. He and his family made three pleasant trips to the Orient.
To say that John Lindt was one of the most dedicated West Pointers and believers of Duty, Honor, Country throughout his life, is putting it mildly. He made many friends in his military and civilian life and treasured them all.
He is survived by his wife Patricia (Pattie); two sons, John Jr. of Mexico City, and Kenneth of Riverside; and four grandchildren.
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- Residence: (1900 — Age: 10) St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, USA
- Residence: (1910 — Age: 20) St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, USA
- Residence: (1912 — Age: 22) West Point, New York, USA
- Residence: (1920 — Age: 30) Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
- Residence: (1930 — Age: 40) Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
- Residence: (1935 — Age: 45)
- Residence: (1 Apr 1940 — Age: 50) Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Residence: (1947 — Age: 57) Riverside, California, USA
- Civil: California, USA
- Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via father John Lindt I by SmartCopy: Sep 17 2015, 5:28:55 UTC
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Colonel John Henry Lindt, II's Timeline
| 1890 |
April 1, 1890
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Michigan, United States
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| 1928 |
April 11, 1928
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San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States
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| 1929 |
June 26, 1929
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Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States
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| 1975 |
June 21, 1975
Age 85
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Riverside, Riverside County, California, United States
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